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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or on the right;
- Example: "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"
- Example: "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"

2. preferring to use right foot or hand or eye;
- Example: "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. [1913 Webster] Dextral shell (Zool.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

clockwise \clockwise\ adj. 1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dextral adj 1: of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost" [ant: sinistral] 2: preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dextral": clockwise, conservative, dexter, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, off, reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, starboard